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Grape varieties - tasting notes Flashcards

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What are the characteristics of Friulano?

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This white variety is known elsewhere as Sauvignon Vert or Sauvignonasse.
The wines have medium (-) floral and apple flavours, medium to high alcohol with medium (+) acidity.

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What are the characteristics of Refosco?

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The most planted of the local black varieties. A vigorous variety. Late ripening and resistant to botrytis. The red wines produced are red cherry flavoured with herbal aromas. It has small berries that produce wines with high tannins that are best smoothed out by time in barrels.

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What are the characteristics of Ribolla Gialla?

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A white variety only grown in Collio and Colli Orientali. It is prone to shot berries. The wines have citrus and pepper notes and high acidity

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What are the characteristics of Garganega?

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Wines made from Garganega usually have high acidity levels, with medium body, and medium intensity aromas of lemon, apple/pear, white pepper and in the ripest examples stone fruit. They do not typically have any aromas or flavors of new oak. They are typically good to very good in quality.

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What are the characteristics of Corvinone?

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In blends it contributes acidity, red-berried fruit and lightness. It is an important part of the Bardolino blend. Produces pale wines so has fallen out of popularity.

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What are the characteristics of Rondinella?

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This grape can give rather neutral wines with light, simple cherry fruit. It accumulates sugar very fast and so is useful for Recioto. Good disease resistance.

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What are the characteristics of Corvina Veronese?

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In blends, it contributes violet, red cherry and red plum fruit with a herbal note and low to medium tannins and high acidity. It has thick skins making it suitable for drying.

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What are the characteristics of Cabernet Sauvignon?

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  • Violet, blackcurrant, black cherry, and menthol or herbaceous flavors
  • Medium alcohol
  • High acidity
  • High tannins
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What are the characteristics of Petit Verdot?

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  • Deep colors
  • spice notes
  • high tannins
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What are the characteristics of Sauternes and Barsac AOC wines?

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  • The pronounced aromas of citrus peel, honey, tropical fruit (mango) with vanilla oak notes.
  • full bodied, with high alcohol
  • medium to medium (+) acidity
  • a sweet finish
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What are the characteristics of Melon?

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  • High acidity
  • Light body
  • low to the low end of medium alcohol
  • low aromatic intensity
  • often made sur lie
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What are the characteristics of Northern Rhone Syrah?

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  • Deep ruby color
  • pronounced intensity aroma
  • Flavors of violet, plum, blackberry with black pepper and herbal notes
  • Acidity and tannins range from medium to high
  • Syrah adds structure, fruit and color to Southern Rhone blends
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What are the characteristics of Grenache Noir?

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  • Pale ruby color
  • ripe red fruit; strawberry, red plum, red cherry
  • spicy and herbal notes
  • high alcohol
  • low to medium tannins
  • low acidity
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What are the characteristics of Mourvedre?

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  • deep ruby color
  • intense aroma of blackberries, blueberries, violets
  • high alcohol
  • high firm tannins
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What are the characteristics of Viognier?

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  • medium lemon
  • pronounced aroma
  • flavors of honeysuckle, apricot, peach
  • medium to high alcohol
  • low acidity
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What are the characteristics of Marsanne?

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  • medium lemon to gold
  • low intensity honeysuckle, lemon and apricot fruit
  • oily texture
  • medium acidity
  • full bodied
  • medium to high alcohol
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What are the characteristics of Roussanne?

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  • medium lemon to gold
  • medium to medium (+) intensity
  • Pear with herbel notes
  • Medium to medium (+) acidity
  • medium to high alcohol
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What are the characteristics of Grenache Blanc?

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  • Low intensity
  • ripe green fruit and floral note
  • high alcohol
  • low acidity
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What are the characteristics of Clairette?

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  • for blends, it adds freshness and fruit
  • white flower, fennel, apple, grapefruit notes
  • high alcohol
  • low to medium (-) acidity
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What are the characteristics of Bourboulenc?

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  • lemon flavor
  • medium (+) acidity
  • medium alcohol
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What are the tasting note for red Chateuneuf-du-Pape?

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  • medium ruby in color
  • medium (+) to pronounced intensity of ripe red plum and blackberry fruit with spice notes, and sometimes new oak notes
  • medium acidity
  • high alcohol
  • medium (-) tannin to high
  • good to outstanding in quality
  • mid-priced to super-premium
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What are the tasting note of Carignan?

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  • typically unoaked
  • medium ruby in color
  • simple blackberry fruit
  • high acidity
  • high tannins
  • inexpensive in price
  • Carbonic maceration is common
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What are the tasting notes of Piequepoul?

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  • Dry
  • Medium bodied
  • medium (+) to high acidity
  • medium intensity lemon fruit and light floral notes
  • acceptable to good in quality
  • inexpensive to mid-priced
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What are the tasting notes of Malbec from Cahors?

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  • deep ruby in color
  • medium to pronounced levels of violet, red and black plum fruit
  • medium to medium (+) acidity
  • medium (+) to high tannin
  • good to outstanding quality
  • mid to premium priced
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What are the tasting notes of Tannat?

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  • deep ruby in color
  • pronounced aromas
  • flavors of blackberry and blackcurrant plus oak flavors
  • high tannins
  • high acidity
  • full body
  • medium to high alcohol
  • very good to outstanding quality
  • mid to premium priced
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What are the tasting notes of Jurancon Vendanges Tardives?

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  • intense aroma
  • flavors of lemon and mango
  • high acidity
  • alcohol between the top end of medium and high with a full body
  • very good to outstanding in quality
  • mid-priced to premium in price
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What are the typical characteristics of Riesling?

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  • Can produce dry to sweet wines.
  • It has high acidity and often significant potential for aging.
  • Wines can have pronounced intensity and fruit flavor range from green fruit to tropical, often with floral notes such as white flowers or honeysuckle.
  • With age, the wines develop toast, honey and sometimes petrol-like aromas
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what are the typical characteristics of Muller-Thurgau?

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  • Medium acidity
  • simple floral and fruity aromas
  • high yields
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What are the typical characteristics of Silvaner?

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  • dry, medium-bodied wines
  • medium to medium (+) acidity
  • earthy characteristics
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What are the characteristics of Gruner Veltliner?

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  • Usually have medium (+) to high acidity and are typically not oaked.
  • simple with citrus and green fruit aromas made for early drinking - acceptable to good quality and inexpensive price
  • complex with pronounced citrus and peach fruit aromas, which can be aged in bottle - very good to outstanding quality and premium priced.
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What are the characteristics of Welschriesling?

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  • Usually has high levels of acidity and can have somewhat neutral aromatics.
  • Often made into fresh, neutral, unoaked, dry wines, of acceptable to good quality and inexpensive in price.
  • Can be affected by noble rot, and then used for sweet wines production.
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What are the characteristics of Zweigelt?

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  • Usually have medium (+) level of acidity with medium tannin levels.
  • Red fruit, particularly cherry, dominate the flavours and aromas.
  • Styles range from easy drinking, fruity unoaked wines that are acceptable to good quality and inexpensive to mid-priced,
  • full bodied, oaked styles that have the possibility to age - very good quality and can command premium prices.
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What are the characteristics of Blaufrankisch?

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  • Usually have medium (+) to high tannins,
  • high levels of acidity,
  • deep colour and black fruit flavours.
  • Can produce some of Austria’s most age-worthy and intense red wines.
  • The wines range from simple, fruity wines with little or no oak ageing, that are good in quality and mid-priced
  • very good to outstanding wines with pronounced black fruit, spicy oak characters and high tannins that are premium priced.
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What are the characteristics of Dolcetto?

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The wines are typically deep ruby in colour, with medium (+) intensity red cherry fruit with floral notes, medium (-) acidity and medium (+) tannins.

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What are the characteristics of Barbera?

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The wines are medium to deep ruby colour, medium intensity red plum and red cherry fruit sometimes with black pepper aromas, high acidity, medium tannins and medium alcohol.

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What are the characteristics of Cortese?

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the wines have light intensity aromas of lemon, apple/pear and white flowers with high acidity and a light or medium body.

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What are the characteristics of Arneis?

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The wines have light intensity but complex aromas of white flowers, chamomile, white peach and lemon. They have medium (-) acidity.

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What are the characteristics of Verdicchio?

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The wines have a pale lemon colour, medium (-) aromatic intensity with apple, lemon and fennel and almond notes with a slightly bitter finish, high acidity and a medium body. The wines range in quality from acceptable to outstanding.

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What are the characteristics of Passerina?

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It produces ripe lemon and yellow apple fruited wines with naturally high acidity (acidity can diminish quickly in the grapes if not picked at the optimum time).

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What are the characteristics of Pecorino?

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The wines have herbal notes (sage, thyme, mint), with crisp apple and pear fruit and are medium bodied. It ripens early, thus avoiding late season rain.

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What are the characteristics of Grechetto?

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Low to medium intensity of lemon and white flower aromas with high acidity and a medium body

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What are the characteristics of Malbec from cooler sites (high altitude)?

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lower alcohol
medium (+) acidity
firm, medium tannins
fresh fruit flavors with a mixture of red and black fruit and floral or herbal aromas

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What are the characteristics of Malbec from warmer sites?

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fuller bodied with riper fuirt characteristics
lower acidity
softer tannins

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Chenin Blanc from Loire?

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the dry and off-dry wines have medium intensity aromas of green apple and lemon (sometimes with a steely, smoky character), medium alcohol, and noticeably high acidity, often balanced with some residual sugar for an off-dry style

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Sanvignon Blanc from Central Vineyard of Loire

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typically have pronounced intensity aromas of grass,
bell pepper and asparagus with gooseberry, grapefruit and wet stone flavours (cooler areas) to riper, passion fruit (warmer areas). They typically have medium body and alcohol and high acidity.

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Cabernet Franc from Loire

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the wines typically have medium to pronounced intensity red fruit (redcurrant, raspberry), floral (violet)
aromas and, as noted, can have leafy aromas, a light to medium body, medium tannins and high acidity

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Alsace Pinot Gris

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It can accumulate high sugar levels leading to medium to high alcohol
levels. In Alsace, the wines have medium intensity aromas of peach and apple and are full
bodied with medium acidity. The best examples have a rich oily texture and have the capacity
to age and develop honeyed and smoky notes

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Alsace Gewurztraminer

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Wines produced from this variety are typically
medium lemon in colour (the ripe grapes themselves are a light pink), with pronounced aromas of lychee, peach/apricot, rose and spice (the German word Gewürz means ‘spice’).
They have medium to high alcohol, a medium to full body and low acidity. In Alsace the wines
are made in a range of styles from dry through to sweet.

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Torrontes from Salta

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fruitier (lemon, grapefruit, peach) rather
than overtly floral, and fresher with lower levels of alcohol

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Albarino from Rias Baixas

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high in acidity, with medium (–) or medium body, medium levels of alcohol and aromas and
flavours of lemon, grapefruit and peach, sometimes with a floral note

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